{"product_id":"jiu-jitsu-and-self-defense-paperback","title":"Jiu-Jitsu and Self Defense - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoshe Feldenkrais\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMoti Nativ\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMoti Nativ\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoshe Feldenkrais published \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e as a training manual for Haganah recruits in 1930. The Haganah was a Jewish paramilitary organization, which sixteen-year-old Moshe Feldenkrais joined at its inception in 1920. Ten years later, this book describing his training method was published based on a decade of field experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis years of hand-to-hand combat spurred Moshe to write this book that presents his unusual self-defense method. The book is based on all movements of defense, where the first movement is the natural reactive movement that a person does without thinking. He concluded that any effective self-defense system must be based on a person's automatic movements when attacked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortly after \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e was published, Feldenkrais left Tel Aviv to continue his education in Paris, where he met Jigoro Kano, the founder of Judo. After reviewing \u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e, Kano engaged Feldenkrais to co-found the Jiu-Jitsu Club de France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJiu-Jitsu and Self Defense\u003c\/em\u003e is the first blossom of Moshe's genius. This book contains the seeds that germinated and, many decades later, grew into the \u003cem\u003eFeldenkrais Method(R)\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735598305343,"sku":"9781884605116","price":24.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/05754d66261b41eaa298643b8fe5da78.webp?v=1765144022","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jiu-jitsu-and-self-defense-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}